hey dave 19....i just bought my pansies from the *depot* two days ago....planted them in pots perched on my front porch steps....so then we get freeze warnings....brought them in the first night, then i've been reading that they can handle it....so i guess we'll see.....i'm a new gardener too....i've done lots of inside potted plants.... i'm the queen of the avocado jungle....but the outside thing is new to me....this is the 2nd year we're doing an outside garden.....learning to farm as i go!!! it's definitely rewarding to see the new growth shoot up and getting to harvest the yummy veggies.... thank goodness for neighbors with tractors!!!
Same problem here with violas so it's encouraging to read that there may be hope yet. Not a flower in sight yet. I've got them in hanging baskets ... can I just ask - are they perennials and if so, can I just put the basket out of the way in the shade for the summer and bring them back for next winter? Should I water them in the summer? (sorry to hijack the thread with a different question)
I've only had one flower as well @Siobhancantgarden. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the lack of sunshine. Fingers crossed they will get going as soon as the Spring really starts.
I thought they were for winter colour..? They usually do very well on my north facing windowsill so I moved them to the back but still nothing. I've bought cyclamen, now, so nut sure what to do with the pansies. In the ground, or in another pot out back I guess!
Although they're described as "winter flowering", in rmy experience they only really get going when the days begin to lengthen and warm up @Siobhancantgarden. I would do as you suggest and shift them, give them a good talking to at the same time
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hey dave 19....i just bought my pansies from the *depot* two days ago....planted them in pots perched on my front porch steps....so then we get freeze warnings
....brought them in the first night, then i've been reading that they can handle it....so i guess we'll see.....i'm a new gardener too....i've done lots of inside potted plants.... i'm the queen of the avocado jungle....but the outside thing is new to me....this is the 2nd year we're doing an outside garden.....learning to farm as i go!!! it's definitely rewarding to see the new growth shoot up and getting to harvest the yummy veggies.... thank goodness for neighbors with tractors!!!
Same problem here with violas so it's encouraging to read that there may be hope yet. Not a flower in sight yet. I've got them in hanging baskets ... can I just ask - are they perennials and if so, can I just put the basket out of the way in the shade for the summer and bring them back for next winter? Should I water them in the summer? (sorry to hijack the thread with a different question)
I would do as you suggest and shift them, give them a good talking to at the same time